The UNICEF executive director Tuesday voiced her deep concern over attacks on children in conflict zones the first four months of the current year. From the Central African Republic to South Sudan, and from Syria to Afghanistan, attacks…
The UNICEF executive director Tuesday voiced her deep concern over attacks on children in conflict zones the first four months of the current year. From the Central African Republic to South Sudan, and from Syria to Afghanistan, attacks…
The UNICEF executive director has condemned Monday’s attack in southern Kandahar province, where 11 children were killed at a religious school. The attack occurred when a car packed with explosives was driven into a military convoy as it…
KABUL (MoPH). The MoPH marked World Immunization Week yesterday in Kabul with this year’s theme ‘Vaccine is Efficient’ as part of its efforts to expand access to immunization particularly in remote areas. Dr. Bashir Ahmad Hamid, head of preventive medicine…
Two children were killed and two others sustained wounds after a stray mortar shell hit their home in Nad Ali district of southern Helmand province, an official said Saturday. The shell struck the home in 31-Gharbi area of…
Local health province amid lack of child health specialists. The officials said despite taking measures to control the diseases, the number of children affected was increasing with each passing day. Dr. Jumma Gul Yaqobi, head of Ghor Civil…
Two children have died of a mysterious disease in Ziruk district of southeastern Paktika province, residents said on Thursday. The residents of Warjana village said the two children first developed flue, then increasing coughing and bleeding through mouth…
Three children of a war-displaced family have died due to extreme cold in southern Ghazni province, the deceased children’s grandmother said Wednesday, fearing for other kids. Some 24 families after being displaced by the conflict in Tirinkot,…
At least three children suffered injuries in a landmine explosion in Greshk district of southern Helmand province on Saturday, an official said. The Greshk administrative chief, Mohammad Salim Rodi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred today evening…
KABUL are vulnerable to violence and other abuses despite the establishment of a proper legal platform for improvement in their lives, officials said on Wednesday. Addressing a gathering marking the International Universal Children’s Day here, Second Vice President Sarwar Danish…
Iran has deported at least 1,000 Afghan refugee children into western Herat and southwestern Nimroz provinces in the past two months, local officials said Monday. The children were deported through the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat…
KABUL security were kept in juvenile detention centers. A statement from the MoJ, received by Pajhwok Afghan News, said around 800 children, including 82 of them girls, accused of law violations were kept in children’s correction centers. Most of the…
Activists drove in a convoy of vehicles through the streets of Kandahar City, the capital of southern Kandahar province, on Friday to encourage parents into sending their children to school. The activists used load-speakers to call on people…
Tens of thousands of Afghan children doing hard labor are involved in ‘spying’ and ‘drug smuggling’ activities, the National Workers' Union of Afghanistan (NUWA) said on Wednesday. There are some two million child laborers across the country and…
Four children were injured as a result of a landmine explosion in Tirinkot , the capital of central Uruzgan province, on Saturday morning, officials said. Deputy police chief, Col. Abdul Qayyum, told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took…
Residents of remote areas in southern Ghazni province say their children have not been vaccinated against the crippling polio disease for the past many years. They say their children were missed on vaccination because polio teams never arrived…
The Afghan government was on Wednesday urged to fully implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international obligations and resolve children’s problems. Talking to a symposium titled ‘Child Rights in Afghanistan services and…
Police in southern Ghazni province on Monday claimed rescuing 25 children from being smuggled to Pakistan for what they alleged militancy training. The boys, aged between eight and 15 years, were in two vans which the police…
Pajhwok( Kabul):Besides children, teachers at orphanages are also vulnerable to sexual abuse. however, for the fear and terror that rules in these institutions, they refrain from telling the truth which is an explicit form of human trafficking One of the…
Five children were killed and two others wounded when a mortar shell fired by the Taliban landed on a house on the outskirts of Mehterlam, the provincial capital, on Sunday, an official said. Sarhadi Zwak, the governor’s spokesman,…
Three children were killed when a mortar round they were playing with went off in eastern Nangarhar province on Monday, officials said. The blast took place in Memli area of the Khogyani district, Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman,…
Two women and as many children, who were released from Daesh captivity in a prisoner swap in eastern Nangarhar province, say the group might kidnap them again, seeking refuge in a safe place. Daesh militants kidnapped six women,…
Children in northern Balkh province on Sunday urged militants not fire bullets at them and the country leaders to provide them better education facilities. A large number of schoolchildren were gathered in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital by Nihad-i-Mardomi…
KABUL (ARCS) on Wednesday expressed concern over the increasing number of children suffering from Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD), saying at least 6,000 such kids awaited treatment. Mohammad Saleem Bohramand, health services head at ARCS, told a press conference here that…
